Quoting Steve Yegge π
<blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/steve_yegge/status/2043747998740689171"><p>The TL;DR is that Google engineering appears to have the same AI [...]
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Exploring the new `servo` crate π
<p><strong>Research:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/research/tree/main/servo-crate-exploration#readme">Exploring the new `servo` cra [...]
Quoting Bryan Cantrill π
<blockquote cite="https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/04/12/the-peril-of-laziness-lost/"><p>The problem is that LLMs inherentlyΒ <strong>lack the vi [...]
Gemma 4 audio with MLX π
<p>Thanks to a <a href="https://twitter.com/RahimNathwani/status/2039961945613209852">tip from Rahim Nathwani</a>, here's a <code>uv run</code> r [...]
SQLite 3.53.0 π
<p><strong><a href="https://sqlite.org/releaselog/3_53_0.html">SQLite 3.53.0</a></strong></p> SQLite 3.52.0 was withdrawn so this is a pretty bi [...]
SQLite Query Result Formatter Demo π
<p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/sqlite-qrf">SQLite Query Result Formatter Demo</a></p> <p>See my notes <a [...]
KΔkΔpΕ parrots π
<p>Lenny <a href="https://twitter.com/lennysan/status/2042615413494939943">posted</a> another snippet from <a href="https://simonwillison.net/202 [...]
ChatGPT voice mode is a weaker model π
<p>I think it's non-obvious to many people that the OpenAI voice mode runs on a much older, much weaker model - it feels like the AI that you can [...]
GitHub Repo Size π
<p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/github-repo-size">GitHub Repo Size</a></p> <p>GitHub doesn't tell you the [...]
asgi-gzip 0.3 π
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/asgi-gzip/releases/tag/0.3">asgi-gzip 0.3</a></p> <p>I ran into trouble deplo [...]
Meta's new model is Muse Spark, and meta.ai chat has some interesting tools π
<p>Meta <a href="https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-spark-msl/">announced Muse Spark</a> today, their first model release since Llama 4 <a [...]
Quoting Giles Turnbull π
<blockquote cite="https://gilest.org/notes/2026/human-ai/"><p>I have a feeling that <strong>everyone likes using AI tools to try doing someone el [...]
GLM-5.1: Towards Long-Horizon Tasks π
<p><strong><a href="https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.1">GLM-5.1: Towards Long-Horizon Tasks</a></strong></p> Chinese AI lab Z.ai's latest model is a gian [...]
Anthropic's Project Glasswing - restricting Claude Mythos to security researchers - sounds necessary to me π
<p>Anthropic <em>didn't</em> release their latest model, Claude Mythos (<a href="https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/53566bf5440a10affd749724787c8913a2 [...]
SQLite WAL Mode Across Docker Containers Sharing a Volume π
<p><strong>Research:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/research/tree/main/sqlite-wal-docker-containers#readme">SQLite WAL Mode Across D [...]
Google AI Edge Gallery π
<p><strong><a href="https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/google-ai-edge-gallery/id6749645337">Google AI Edge Gallery</a></strong></p> Terrible name, re [...]
datasette-ports 0.2 π
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-ports/releases/tag/0.2">datasette-ports 0.2</a></p> <blockquote> [...]
scan-for-secrets 0.3 π
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/scan-for-secrets/releases/tag/0.3">scan-for-secrets 0.3</a></p> <blockquote> [...]
Cleanup Claude Code Paste π
<p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/cleanup-claude-code-paste">Cleanup Claude Code Paste</a></p> <p>Super-nich [...]
datasette-ports 0.1 π
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-ports/releases/tag/0.1">datasette-ports 0.1</a></p> <p>Another < [...]
Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI π
<p><strong><a href="https://lalitm.com/post/building-syntaqlite-ai/">Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI</a></strong></p> L [...]
Quoting Chengpeng Mou π
<blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/cpmou2022/status/2040606209800290404"><p>From anonymized U.S. ChatGPT data, we are seeing:</p> <ul> <li>~2M [...]
Syntaqlite Playground π
<p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/syntaqlite">Syntaqlite Playground</a></p> <p>Lalit Maganti's <a href="http [...]
scan-for-secrets 0.2 π
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/scan-for-secrets/releases/tag/0.2">scan-for-secrets 0.2</a></p> <ul> <li>CLI [...]
scan-for-secrets 0.1.1 π
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/scan-for-secrets/releases/tag/0.1.1">scan-for-secrets 0.1.1</a></p> <blockquo [...]
scan-for-secrets 0.1 π
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/scan-for-secrets/releases/tag/0.1">scan-for-secrets 0.1</a></p> <p>I like pub [...]
research-llm-apis 2026-04-04 π
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/research-llm-apis/releases/tag/2026-04-04">research-llm-apis 2026-04-04</a></p> [...]
Quoting Kyle Daigle π
<blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/kdaigle/status/2040164759836778878"><p>[GitHub] platform activity is surging. There were 1 billion commits [...]
Vulnerability Research Is Cooked π
<p><strong><a href="https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/03/30/vulnerability-research-is-cooked/">Vulnerability Research Is Cooked</a></strong></p> [...]
The cognitive impact of coding agents π
<p>A fun thing about <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/2/lennys-podcast/">recording a podcast</a> with a professional like Lenny Rachit [...]